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Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bike Share Program

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)

In 2014 a student group researched transportation alternatives on campus and recommended a community bike share program. In 2015, another student group further developed the bike share option by conducting ...

• Posted June 9, 2016
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Lowell Canal Bridges TIGER Grant: Campus-Community Partnerships Leveraging Transformative Change

• University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)

The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell) is a fast growing university nestled within our host community of the City of Lowell, Massachusetts. Lowell enjoys an authentic urban character structured ...

• Posted June 9, 2016
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Sustainable Fleet at Yale University

• Yale University (CT)

At Yale University, transportation is vital to the University's operation. Fleet Management is a department that has gone to tremendous lengths to provide exceptional transit services for the entire ...

• Posted June 6, 2016
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Stanford Carbon Offsets to Reduce Emissions (SCORE)

• Stanford University (CA)

The Stanford Athletic Department boasts 36 varsity sports teams and over 900 student-athletes. These teams travel all over the country to compete at the highest levels of collegiate competition, but ...

• Posted June 6, 2016
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USF “Share-A-Bull” Bicycle-Share Program

• University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)

Deployed a smart bike-sharing program with 100 GPS enabled bikes, multiple bicycle parking stations, and a mobile phone app to facilitate locating, reserving and returning bikes. With this program, USF ...

• Posted June 1, 2016
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Zygmunt, the electric car

• Universidad de Monterrey

Monterrey is the third largest city in Mexico, and there is about 2 million cars. This amount of vehicles creates traffic jams, pollute the air and chaos. According to the ...

• Posted May 10, 2016
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Academic Jet-Setting in a Time of Climate Destabilization: Ecological Privilege and Professional Geographic Travel

• Vassar College (NY)

This article analyzes the interrelationship among resource consumption, sociospatial justice, and what is popularly known as global warming by interrogating the ecological footprint of professional geographers, especially in terms of ...

• Posted May 9, 2016
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The Carbon Footprint of Conference Papers

The action required to stem the environmental and social implications of climate change depends crucially on how humankind shapes technology, economy, lifestyle and policy. With transport CO2 emissions accounting for ...

• Posted May 9, 2016
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Sustainable Science? Reducing the Carbon Impact of Scientific Mega-Meetings

• University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
• University of North Texas (TX)

Scientists across the globe recognize the importance of reducing carbon emissions to combat climate change. At the same time, we have increased our carbon footprint through air travel to the ...

• Posted May 9, 2016
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Responsible academia: optimizing conference locations to minimize greenhouse gas emissions

• Florida International University (FL)

The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions attributable to many scientists, including ecologists and conservation biologists, are often much greater than those attributable to average non-scientists (Fox et al. 2009, Synolakis and ...

• Posted May 9, 2016
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Carbon footprint of science: More than flying

• KU Leuven

Previous efforts to evaluate the climate change impact of researchers have focused mainly on transport related impact of conference attendance, and infrastructure. Because these represent only a part of the ...

• Posted May 9, 2016
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Academic mobility in the Anthropocene era: a comparative study of university policy at three New Zealand institutions

• University of Otago (Otago)
• University of Auckland

Anthropogenic climate change is a wicked problem, requiring fundamental behavioural and technological responses now, in the Anthropocene, a term denoting the current era of human dominance of biological, chemical and ...

• Posted May 9, 2016
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Pedal-powered smoothies to celebrate Earth Day at Case Western Reserve University!

• Case Western Reserve University (OH)

We borrowed a bike-powered blender (a Fender Blender) from our on-site gym and had a few of our Sustainability Ambassadors help students and visiting families make their own pedal-powered smoothies ...

• Posted May 5, 2016
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College campuses are working to lessen parking pains

• California State University, Long Beach (CA)
• Loyola Marymount University (CA)
• Santa Monica College (CA)
• University of California, Los Angeles (CA)

Campuses are building new lots, but also promoting bike-sharing, subsidizing bus passes, joining forces with Uber to create car pools and looking at other alternatives to reduce pressure on campus ...

• Posted May 3, 2016
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Smooth(ie) Pedal-Power at Southern Oregon University's Earth Week Transportation Options Grill-Out

• Southern Oregon University (OR)

Southern Oregon University Bike Program and ECOS volunteers cheer on a student who's "crushing it" on the bike blender! ECOS- the Ecology and Sustainability Resource Center of SOU hosted ...

• Posted April 27, 2016
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Flying along the supply chain: accounting for emissions from student air travel in the higher education sector

Higher education institutions (HEIs) can play a key role in facilitating the transition to a low carbon economy, where reporting greenhouse gas emissions is an important step in this process ...

• Posted March 29, 2016
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Bicycle Friendly University Program

• League of American Bicyclists (DC)

The Bicycle Friendly University (BFU) program recognizes institutions of higher education for promoting and providing a more bikeable campus for students, staff and visitors. Specifically, it evaluates applicants’ efforts to ...

• Posted March 29, 2016
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A New Course: How Innovative University Programs Are Reducing Driving on Campus and Creating New Models for Transportation Policy

Universities and colleges across the country are taking steps to encourage their communities, students, faculty and staff to decrease their reliance on personal vehicles. These efforts are working well – saving ...

• Posted March 29, 2016
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List of Universities with Bicycle Sharing Programs

• Indiana State University (IN)

Editable Google Doc containing a list of universities with bike sharing programs, including funding information, year started, and additional notes. Feel free to add your campus bicycle sharing program to ...

• Posted March 3, 2016
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Conducting a Transportation Study at a Commuter School - Kwantlen Student Association

• Kwantlen Polytechnic University (BC)

The Kwantlen Student Association (KSA) is a not for profit organization that operates independently of Kwantlen Polytechnic University's (KPU) administration. The KSA focuses on providing support for its members ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Least Car-Friendly - Commuter options for an urban campus

• Loyola University Chicago (IL)

In 2011, US News and World Report published a story on the top 10 'Least Car Friendly' Universities in the nation. Loyola University Chicago has taken this as a badge ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Parking is Not Free: How Sustainable Transportation is Paying Off

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (WI)
• Yale University (CT)
• Nelson/Nygaard (CA)

Sustainable campus transportation is not just a commitment or environmental goal, it is becoming a financial necessity that institutions large, small, rich, and poor are trying to implement smartly. Demand ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Bike Commuting Counts! Rewarding Bicycle Transportation with ZAP

• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
• Dero Bike Rack Co. (MN)

Traffic congestion, obesity, and environmental conservation are receiving critical attention both nationwide and globally. North American institutions of higher education are at the forefront of efforts to understand and ameliorate ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Step Away from the Car: Transforming Student Travel, One Haunted Bus and Hipster Bike Ride at a Time

• Southern Oregon University (OR)
• Alta Planning + Design (MN)

Southern Oregon University has gone all-in to help its students break their driving habits. No excuse is safe! Want to drive home midday for an afternoon siesta? No need – there ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Applying geographic information systems (GIS) and survey data to transportation demand management

• Skyline College (CA)
• University of San Francisco (CA)

In 2013, Skyline College launched a transportation initiative to improve access for students and employees and make travel to campus more efficient and equitable while reducing reliance on single-occupancy vehicles ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Four years on Green Bikes in Alaska

• University of Alaska Fairbanks (AK)

Biking may not be an obvious choice for green transportation in the far north, but a student funded bike-loaner program at University of Alaska has demonstrated biking year round is ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Bike sharing service at Kyoto University

• Kyoto University

Bicycles are a laudable and sustainable form of transportation for universities in Japan but they also create some problems. An estimated 16,500 bicycles are currently used on campus at ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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NYU's Bike Share Program: From Student Grant to Reality

• New York University (NY)

A case study on the implementation and operation of NYU's Bike Share program. How it became a University wide initiative from a Green Grant awarded to NYU students, which ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Taking it to the Streets: Butler University's Sunset Avenue Complete Street Reconstruction Project Case Study

• Butler University (IN)
• Williams Creek Consulting (IN)

Butler University's campus in Indianapolis, Indiana is located adjacent to the Indiana Central Canal and White River. The majority of Butler's stormwater discharges directly to these waterways and ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Minting Gold; Creating a Gold-level Bicycle-Friendly University at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)

Nearly a third of greenhouse emissions are generated by the transportation sector. Oftentimes universities and colleges are one of the largest traffic generators in their communities. The cost of maintaining ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Redefining Campus Mobility

• Southern Illinois University Carbondale (IL)
• University of Utah (UT)
• West Virginia University (WV)

One common issue: How can a campus and its local community redefine mobility to be less reliant on automobile infrastructure such as parking and the single occupancy vehicle in a ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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COBBikes: Concordia College’s Bike Share Program

• Concordia College (NY)

This poster will provide information and data analysis about a bike share program recently launched at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. In the fall of 2014, 12 bikes were purchased ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Challenge Grants - Leveraging diverse funding sources to secure $100,000 for interdisciplinary projects at UK

• University of Kentucky (KY)

The Sustainability Challenge Grant program was designed to engage multidisciplinary teams from the University community in the creation and implementation of ideas that will promote sustainability by simultaneously advancing economic ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Internet2 pilot program case study: Innova EV Car Share

• Innova EV (IL)

In this session, Innova UEV Founder, CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer Roman Kuropas will chronicle the Internet2 competition that led to a pilot EV Car Share program at four leading ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Plug It In, Plug It In! Driving Electric Vehicle Charging on a College Campus

• Macalester College (MN)

Electric vehicles, along with other alternative vehicles, are becoming increasingly common. Macalester College has Level 2 and Level 3 electric vehicle charging stations on its Saint Paul campus. Getting these ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Gamifying getting around

• My Open Road (CA)

How to encourage the use of alternative transportation both on and off campus through social competition and reward incentives.

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Skidmore College - Campus and community transformation through sustainable transportation

• Skidmore College (NY)

Our college's students, staff, faculty and the members of the greater community have worked together to establish sustainable transportation opportunities. Furthermore, these opportunities play an integral role in our ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Bike Tour

• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)

Participants - limited to 20 - will take the Green Line light rail from DT Mpls. to the University's East Bank station. Once on campus, participants will be provided with bikes ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Reimagining Parking - Parking Lots & Garages As Power Plant Plants

• Solaire Generation

Onsite renewable energy projects have typically focused on available roof and ground space for installation. A significant opportunity exists to enhance the use of surface and structured parking for onsite ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Getting Rolling: Launching Comprehensive Bike Programming

• University of Denver (CO)

Bike culture is rapidly growing in across the country. Denver, Colorado epitomizes this movement. Set in the second most friendly state for biking, in a bike friendly city, with streets ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Tale Of Two Campuses - Cycling At Small Colleges And Universities

• Dickinson College (PA)
• League of American Bicyclists (DC)

Efforts to promote campus cycling have historically focused on large universities (greater than 5,000 students). However, the landscape of small campus cycling is distinctly different from that found at ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Building Bike Culture from College Campus to Corporate Campus

• Michigan State University (MI)
• University of California, Davis (CA)
• Bikes Make Life Better (CA)
• Meet your Bike (CA)

Building Bike Culture from College Campus to Corporate Campus Sustainable transportation strategies in all fifty states embrace the bicycle to meet their sustainability goals. But not all efforts are successful ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Road Scholars: Promoting a Car-Free On-Campus Experience with Bikes

• University of Kentucky (KY)

The Wildcat Wheels Bicycle Library has 10 years of experience in providing free bicycle check-out and on-campus repair service at the University of Kentucky. In the fall of 2014 WWBL ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Bike2Campus Week: How the third largest city in the United States organized a multi-campus biking challenge.

• Dominican University (IL)
• Northwestern University (IL)

How many institutions does it take to create a week long competition and celebration around biking? In the Chicago land area, the answer was ten. The 2014 Bike2Campus Week involved ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Carbon-Reduction Efficacy Analysis of Transportation Alternatives: How to Prioritize Initiatives and Influence the Administration

• California State University, East Bay (CA)
• Salt Lake Community College (UT)

California climate change legislation has increased the urgency for the state’s educational institutions to identify the most effective carbon-reduction strategies from their largest source of indirect carbon emissions – student ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Birth of a Bike Share: Channeling Collaboration and Resource Sharing Towards Program Implementation

• College of Charleston (SC)

Efforts to integrate sustainable initiatives across college campuses have been catalyzed though establishing sustainability offices. However, it often takes a collaboration of multiple campus stakeholders to complete and sustain a ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Primer on Campus Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

• GreenerU (MA)

Though the number of plug-in car drivers is quickly increasing, institutions may be wary of installing electric vehicles charging stations. Mass-market electric vehicles are a new technology that can open ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Electric Public Transportation of Rural Campuses

• Missouri University of Science and Technology (MO)

The Missouri University of Science and Technology, in cooperation with the Federal Transit authority, has installed a zero emissions community shuttle to service the campus population in Rolla, Missouri. This ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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100% Battery Electric buses: The future of sustainable campus transportation?

• Stanford University (CA)

Is it practical to use battery electric transit vehicles in a campus environment? This session will explore Stanford University’s use of electric transit buses on and off campus. Topics ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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EV Charging on Campus: Graduating from pilot to program

• Stanford University (CA)

Electric vehicles are moving from the early adoption phase to the main stream market quickly. Along with the vehicles, the infrastructure that supports them is also moving from early stage ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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